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WorksheetsMid-Term Study Guide 3
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
the sun
b)
the wind
c)
coal
d)
water
2.
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......
a)
require expensive equipment
b)
take millions of years to replace
c)
can be found all over
d)
provide all the energy we use
3.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy.
a)
Potential
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
4.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above
5.
__________ is stored energy.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
None of the above
d)
All of the above
6.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
7.
Energy can not be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another.
a)
true
b)
false
8.
A battery converts what type of energy to another?
a)
sound to kinetic
b)
light to heat
c)
mechanical to electrical
d)
chemical to electrical
9.
When plants convert the sun's energy into food, which type of energy is it?
a)
kinetic
b)
chemical
c)
thermal
d)
radiant
10.
Energy stored in the height of an object is called ___________ potential energy.
a)
Elastic
b)
Chemical
c)
Gravitational
d)
Nuclear
11.
The change of state from a liquid to a gas
a)
water cycle
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
condensation
12.
The change of state from a gas to a liquid
a)
water cycle
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
condensation
13.
Temperature is a measure of the average _____ energy of the particles in the object.
a)
thermal
b)
potential
c)
kinetic
d)
chemical
14.
Matter with no definite volume and no definite shape is a ____.
a)
gas
b)
solid
c)
liquid
d)
plasma
15.
What are the properties of a solid?
a)
no definite shape but definite volume
b)
definite shape and definite volume
c)
neither a definite shape nor a definite volume
16.
What are the properties of a liquid?
a)
no definite shape but has definite volume
b)
definite shape and definite volume
c)
neither a definite shape nor a definite volume
17.
You are doing an experiment recording the growth of plants under different amounts of sunlight. What is the dependent variable?
a)
The sunlight
b)
The growth
c)
The experiment
d)
The amounts of photons
18.
You are doing an experiment recording the growth of plants under different amounts of sunlight. What is the independent variable?
a)
The growth
b)
The sun
c)
The control
d)
The cheese
19.
A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested.
a)
data
b)
theory
c)
hypothesis
d)
fact
20.
In a controlled experiment, how many variables can be worked with at a time?
a)
one
b)
none
c)
two or more
d)
how ever many makes sense.
21.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist.
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
22.
This variable is the actual data collected during the experiment.
a)
independent variable
b)
dependent variable
c)
control group
d)
data group
23.
What do we call the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas?
a)
boiling point
b)
melting point
c)
sublimation
d)
ionization
24.
Friction can create...
a)
thermal energy
b)
kinetic energy
c)
nuclear fission
d)
electrical energy
25.
What kind of energy are you taking in when eating food?
a)
thermal
b)
sound
c)
chemical
d)
electrical
26.
The energy released by the nucleus of an atom is
a)
chemical
b)
radiant
c)
reactivity
d)
nuclear
27.
A chemical reaction that releases energy is called a(n)
a)
endothermic reaction
b)
exothermic reaction
c)
nuclear reaction
d)
thermal reaction
28.
A chemical reaction that absorbs energy is called a(n)
a)
endothermic reaction
b)
exothermic reaction
c)
nuclear reaction
d)
thermal reaction
29.
Which of the following is NOT a state of matter?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
gas
d)
texture
30.
What information is NOT included on the periodic table of elements?
a)
density
b)
atomic number
c)
atomic mass
d)
symbol
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